Strong liberal representationalism
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چکیده
The received view holds that there is a significant divide between full-blown representational states and so called ‘detectors’, which are mechanisms set off by specific stimuli trigger particular effect. main goal of this paper to defend the idea many detectors genuine representations, I call ‘Strong Liberal Representationalism’. More precisely, argue ascribing semantic properties them contributes an explanation behavior, guides research in useful ways can accommodate misrepresentation.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Phenomenology and The Cognitive Sciences
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1572-8676', '1568-7759']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-020-09720-z